Secondary education, pupils (% female) - Country Ranking - Asia

Definition: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Bangladesh 52.64 2018
2 Bhutan 52.01 2018
3 Myanmar 51.90 2018
4 Nepal 51.43 2019
5 Timor-Leste 51.33 2018
6 Mongolia 51.28 2010
7 Lebanon 51.20 2018
8 Sri Lanka 51.12 2018
9 Philippines 50.83 2017
10 Malaysia 50.48 2018
11 Jordan 50.35 2018
12 Kuwait 49.70 2015
13 Indonesia 49.17 2018
14 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 49.15 2015
15 Israel 49.05 2017
16 Kyrgyz Republic 49.03 2018
17 Brunei 49.00 2018
18 Kazakhstan 48.96 2019
19 Qatar 48.95 2018
20 Japan 48.81 2017
21 Bahrain 48.81 2018
22 Oman 48.60 2018
23 Singapore 48.58 2017
24 Uzbekistan 48.57 2017
25 Syrian Arab Republic 48.56 2013
26 Turkmenistan 48.38 2014
27 Macao SAR, China 48.30 2018
28 Russia 48.21 2017
29 Thailand 48.20 2018
30 India 48.06 2018
31 Iran 48.03 2017
32 Turkey 47.79 2017
33 Korea 47.78 2017
34 Saudi Arabia 47.59 2018
35 Hong Kong SAR, China 47.57 2018
36 Lao PDR 47.57 2018
37 Georgia 47.28 2018
38 Armenia 47.27 2018
39 China 46.95 2018
40 Azerbaijan 46.74 2018
41 United Arab Emirates 46.65 2017
42 Vietnam 46.52 1998
43 Tajikistan 46.22 2013
44 Cambodia 44.93 2008
45 Pakistan 44.01 2018
46 Iraq 41.45 2007
47 Yemen 41.16 2016
48 Afghanistan 35.12 2018

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Development Relevance: The share of girls allows an assessment on gender composition in school enrollment. A value greater than 50% indicates participation of more girls at a specific level or programme of education.

Limitations and Exceptions: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Percentage of female enrollment is calculated by dividing the total number of female students at a given level of education by the total enrollment at the same level, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual